{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-40.440","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 40.440","heading":"Computation of bonus.","body":"(1) Every person determined by the administrator to be a qualified veteran shall be paid\nthe sum of fifteen dollars ($15) for each month and major fraction of a month of\nqualifying Vietnam era service, not to exceed in all the sum of three hundred dollars\n($300), and the sum of twenty -five dollars ($25) for each month and major fraction\nof a month of such service which is qualifying Vietnam service, subject to an\naggregate limit for all service in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500). Any\nqualified veteran wh o was medically evacuated from a location, service in which\nlocation constituted qualifying Vietnam service, shall receive the sum of five\nhundred dollars ($500), this sum to be in lieu of any other bonus for which said\nveteran may qualify under the provisions of KRS 40.410 to 40.560.\n(2) If a person determined to have been a qualified veteran shall be deceased at the time\npayment of the bonus would otherwise be made to him, the amount of his bonus\nshall be paid to the first surviving beneficiary, if any, a ccording to the order of\npriority defined in KRS 40.400(9) and if there be no surviving beneficiary, the\nbonus of such veteran shall lapse, and no payment thereof shall be made.\n(3) A beneficiary, as defined in KRS 40.400(9), (10), (11), (12), and (13), of  a person\nkilled in the line of duty while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States\nduring the period of eligibility, or who died of service -connected injury sustained\nwhile so serving, and who would otherwise have qualified for the bonus provided in\nsubsection (1) of this section, shall be paid three hundred dollars ($300) if no part of\nthe total service during the period was served outside the continental United States\nor five hundred dollars ($500) if any part of the total service during the peri od was\nserved outside the continental United States. The provisions of subsection (1) of this\nsection and the minimum period of service for entitlement to a bonus as established\nby KRS 40.400(5) or (6) shall not apply to these beneficiaries. However, this\nexception does not waive the respective maximums of three hundred dollars ($300)\nor five hundred dollars ($500) for each veteran, person killed in the line of duty\nwhile on active duty in the Armed Forces, or person who died as a result of service -\nconnected injury sustained while on active duty in the Armed Forces. Payment shall\nbe made to a beneficiary in the order of priority defined in KRS 40.400(9).\n(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section, the\namount paid to a qualifying veteran or a beneficiary of a qualifying veteran shall be\nthe amount calculated under the provisions of subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this\nsection, less the amount received by the veteran under the provisions of KRS\n40.005 or KRS 40.010 to 40.990.","path":["KRS Chapter 40"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=21866","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:00Z","sha256":"a6540e4cbfc9ec6d265ec7ff24fe3703b679d1f8fbf1b9e19e9ea2005904513a","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-40.430","next":"us-ky/krs-40.450"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}